List of Iranian sites inscribed on UNESCO
List and discuss the cultural properties of Iran that were inscribed on the World Heritage
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16.Golestan Palace (2013)
Golestan Palace is located in the heart and historic core of Tehran. The palace complex is one of the oldest in Tehran, originally built during the Safavid dynasty in the historic walled city. Following extensions and additions,it received its most characteristic features in the 19th century, when the palace complex was selected as royal residence and seat of power by the Qajar ruling family. At present, Golestan Palace complex consists of eight key palace structures mostly used as museums and the eponymous gardens a green shared center of the complex, Surrounded by an Outer wall with gates.
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15. Masjed-e Jāmé of Isfahan (2012)
Masjed-e Jame is the oldest Friday (congregational) mosque in Iran, located in the historical center of Isfahan. The monument illustrates a sequence of architectural construction and decorative styles of different periods in Iranian Islamic architecture. covering 12 centuries. most predominantly the Abbasid, Buyid, Seljuq. Ilkhanid, Muzaffarid Timurid and Safavid eras. Following its Seljuq expansion and the characteristic introduction of the four iwans (Chahar Ayvan) around the courtyard as well as two extraordinary domes, the mosque became the prototype of a distinctive Islamic architectural style.